Callie
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Callie
15th Oct 2015, 11:01 PM in Season One - Part 0: Prologue
Average Rating: 4.87 (30 votes)
Author Notes:
Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
And then there were three! Now that they are together, who knows what they might get up to?

Also, if you like what you see (or just want to get a sneak peek at the next strip), make sure to vote at Top Webcomics. Also, tell your friends, family, loved ones, co-workers, pets, total strangers, and whatever dimensional travelers, aliens, ghosts, or eldritch horrors you may encounter.

(Oh, and you may have noticed a couple of Easter eggs up there, one for Kexx: Emmalence of the Realms and another for Pow! Right in the Nostalgia.)
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User comments:
Spellodello
Spellodello
I like Callie already. Now that I've officially seen her dialogue. I know it'll be snappy and gr8. I don't see what could possibly go wrong~

Prof this page is great, the sequence is so fluid and you're 'showing' the characters so well without telling anything. :D
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Thank you! She's definitely a character! :P

And thanks! I have been trying to make things flow better and let the characters tell the story.
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TheD-Wrek
TheD-Wrek
More Callie please. :3
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Well, she's in plenty of strips to come! Glad you like her!
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MST3KFan
MST3KFan
Woo! I see a Death Kitties poster in the background on top. XD Awesome little Easter Egg there man! XDXDXD
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Heheheh... I thought you might like it!

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Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
Yay! Callie! I love Callie.:D
Hahahaha, love those posters too! :P
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Glad you like her... and them! :)
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lirvilas
lirvilas
So Matthew's Books and Second Star to the Right are located in the same block/street? Which neighborhood is this in? (Not fishing, not at all...)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Actually, Ezekiel Corvus is doing some deep fishing, business-wise. Matthew's Books is in Roosevelt Grove (middle-ish town) and Second Star is in Elysium (north side). Matthew's is a used book store, Second Star is mostly new books with a new-age bent. Still, Mr. Corvus isn't above putting up flyers around other parts of town.
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Radiant Sophia
Radiant Sophia
Second Star is not actually in Elysium. It's a block just outside of Elysium about a hundred feet from the Fifth street diner.
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Zanreo
Zanreo
Aw yes, I like her already :D
Looks like a fun cast of characters just from this page :D
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
I'm glad, and thanks! They're a lot of fun to write.
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Fig
Fig
holy shit, man. thanks for the cameo xD that's awesome. i'm really digging this reboot, if i hadn't made that clear already lol.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
No problem, man! And thanks!
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Matt Knab
Matt Knab
He's got 12% of a plan?
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Ha! Something like that!

(Wonderful reference, sir!)
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sigpig
sigpig
Do you have some sort of a "semi-transparent layer" on all of your frames? The reason I ask, is a) the clouds/far backgrounds are wonderfully blurred, and b) on my monitor, everything else looks slightly blurred (yes, I cleaned my glasses). Great intros and Easter Eggs!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Hmm... I do a lot of layer work... I'm not sure why lit looks slightly blurred.

But THANKS!
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MadJak91
MadJak91
I am with sig.
It looks slightly blurred compared to the previous pages.
Just did a few quick clicks back and forth.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Hmm... it may have been a change in the process. Let me know if it keeps up in later updates.
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ZeroGee
ZeroGee
The friend with the car is a good friend indeed! :D
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Isn't that just the truth?
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Call Me Tom
Call Me Tom
It's just a high-school rom-com! I'm sure nothing will go wrong tonight!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Oh, nothing at all... because my genre is rom-com and not, say, urban fantasy... :P
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Delta-v
Urban HORROR fantasy, my good sir. Urban horror fantasy. ;)
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Centcomm
Centcomm
New Character or revamped one - in any case looking good so far!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Thankies!
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MadJak91
MadJak91
I get the boys.
As someone who embarrassingly cannot drive, I always try to stay cool with those who can and uh... happily leech of their gas and stuff.
*sad laugh*
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Well, luckily Callie takes pity on them. :P
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Lord Myk
Lord Myk
How soon until one of these poor saps realize that they've been in love with Callie all along, I wonder, and how much longer until Callie shoots him all the way down?
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
I can tell you that they both love Callie (they've been friends forever, basically, and they're kind of like siblings).

I can neither confirm nor deny any romantic feelings...
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Radiant Sophia
Radiant Sophia
I can positively tell you that one of them does NOT have any romantic feeling for Callie.
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melaredblu
melaredblu
This devil may be the one with the car, but let's hope she's not a speed demon.
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Nah. She's responsible. :)
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Delta-v
Sooo, Callie works in a bookstore. A USED bookstore, A used bookstore where one may occasionally find musty old tomes filled with interesting and important eldritch lore.......

Hmmmm. ^^
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Wh-what? I... er... I don't know what you're...

*runs off*
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HeSerpenty
HeSerpenty
The gang's all here! Dont diss the one wit the car, fellas! XDD

Callie is perdy :3
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Yes! They are all here!

YAY!
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Unsavory
Unsavory
Love the writing so far. Very accessible and great characterization. I'm excited to see more!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Thanks! We're excited to give you more!
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argylefox
argylefox
"Okay, we are building our store at the Nexus of raw power and Chaos itself, where the uncanny walks hand in hand with the impossible. What shall we call it?"
"Matthew's Books."
"Cool, that works."
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
I am not going to comment on the Nexus thing, but the store was founded by Callie's grandfather, Matthew Gallows.
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argylefox
argylefox
And it wasn't called 'Gallows Books'?!

Or even a hanging related pun?!
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
I save my "punniest" stuff for one of the suburbs. (There is a used bookstore called "Old Leaves", a coffee shop called "Warm Welcome"...)
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Taily
Taily
Cool backgrounds here!!

Also, nice posters in panel 1 ;)
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Thanks!

I like to put in a lot of little details in the backgrounds... just not all the time. :)
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RED2015
RED2015
feels like I'm watching a movie! i'm lovin it
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Thanks! I was kind of going for a cinematic approach!
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RED2015
RED2015
Your welcome! Gotta get some popcorn for this
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AmeliaP
AmeliaP
I voted for this series in the TopWebcomic and two characters were there in the incentive vote illo, but... I don't know them...yet XD
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Professor Etheric
Professor Etheric
Hopefully, you will before too long! :)
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